Patch: Show ZABBIX Server status in header

[freak]

I find it quite convenient to always be able to see if my ZABBIX server is currently running.

This is a small patch for current trunk (trunk/frontends/php/include/page_header.php@4893), based on report1.php:

--- trunk-orig/frontends/php/include/page_header.php    2007-10-31 15:25:41.000000000 +0100
+++ trunk/frontends/php/include/page_header.php    2007-11-08 12:19:02.000000000 +0100
@@ -389,12 +389,18 @@
     {
 COpt::compare_files_with_menu($ZBX_MENU);
 
+// Show ZABBIX Server status in header
+        $status = get_status();
+        $zbx_srv_status = array(S_ZABBIX_SERVER_IS_RUNNING, ": ", new CSpan($status["zabbix_server"], ($status["zabbix_server"] == S_YES ? "off" : "on")));
+        $zbx_srv_status = new CLink($zbx_srv_status, "report1.php", "small_font");
+        $zbx_srv_status->SetTarget('_self');
+
         $help = new CLink(S_HELP, "http://www.zabbix.com/manual/v1.4", "small_font");
         $help->SetTarget('_blank');
         $support = new CLink(S_GET_SUPPORT, "http://www.zabbix.com/support.php", "small_font");
         $support->SetTarget('_blank');
         
-        $page_header_r_col = array($help,array("|", $support));
+        $page_header_r_col = array($zbx_srv_status, "|", $help, array("|", $support));
         if($USER_DETAILS["alias"] != ZBX_GUEST_USER){
             $page_header_r_col[] = array("|", 
                         new CLink(S_PROFILE, "profile.php", "small_font"),"|", 

[bbrendon]

My opinion is that you should always assume zabbix is running. Having it in the header would just make you paranoid.

I have a separate script that monitors zabbix because zabbix WILL crash on a very rare occasion. And if it does you will most likely not expect it or notice it immediately because 99.9 % of the time its humming along wonderfully.

[Alexei]

My opinion is that you should always assume zabbix is running. Having it in the header would just make you paranoid.

I tend to agree with you!

[freak]

I deactivated the server to test some stuff, then went away for the weekend.. when I came back I wondered why I hadn't gotten any new data over the weekend.
Until I finally remembered I had deactivated the server.

Maybe one could only show the message if the server is currently down. Because this tends to mean something's going terribly wrong

I'll change that and upload a new patch.

[freak]

Here's the new patch

--- trunk-orig/frontends/php/include/page_header.php    2007-10-31 15:25:41.000000000 +0100
+++ trunk/frontends/php/include/page_header.php    2007-11-12 14:07:17.000000000 +0100
@@ -389,12 +389,21 @@
     {
 COpt::compare_files_with_menu($ZBX_MENU);
 
+// Show ZABBIX Server status in header
+        $status = get_status();
+        $zbx_srv_status = "";
+        if($status["zabbix_server"] != S_YES) {
+            $zbx_srv_status = array(new CSpan("<strong>".S_ZABBIX_SERVER_IS_RUNNING.": ".$status["zabbix_server"]."</strong>", "on"), "|");
+            $zbx_srv_status = new CLink($zbx_srv_status, "report1.php", "small_font");
+            $zbx_srv_status->SetTarget('_self');
+        }
+
         $help = new CLink(S_HELP, "http://www.zabbix.com/manual/v1.4", "small_font");
         $help->SetTarget('_blank');
         $support = new CLink(S_GET_SUPPORT, "http://www.zabbix.com/support.php", "small_font");
         $support->SetTarget('_blank');
         
-        $page_header_r_col = array($help,array("|", $support));
+        $page_header_r_col = array($zbx_srv_status, $help, array("|", $support));
         if($USER_DETAILS["alias"] != ZBX_GUEST_USER){
             $page_header_r_col[] = array("|", 
                         new CLink(S_PROFILE, "profile.php", "small_font"),"|", 

It would be nice to have a S_ZABBIX_SERVER_NOT_RUNNING..